BIB_ID
299647
Accession number
MA 2009.5
Creator
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.
Display Date
1895 June 4.
Credit line
Gift of Colonel David McC. McKell, 1959.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Part of a collection of 12 letters from Beatrix Potter to Noel and Marjorie Moore. Letters have been described individually in 12 records (MA 2009.1-12); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "2, Bolton Gardens, / South Kensington. S.W."
Part of a collection of 12 letters from Beatrix Potter to Noel and Marjorie Moore. Letters have been described individually in 12 records (MA 2009.1-12); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "2, Bolton Gardens, / South Kensington. S.W."
Provenance
Gift of Colonel David McC. McKell in 1959.
Summary
Describing her visit to Wales, noting that she took many photographs with Cousin Alice. Reporting that Alice has a "very pretty pony called Pearl" and two dogs. Describing an outing to a "nasty dirty Welsh village," mentioning that she "should not care to live there." Illustrated with numerous sketches relating to the anecdotes in the letter.
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